1.Has anyone in the UK still got one of these Manihot still growing? They were getting quite popular before the colder winters.

2. Are Manihot carthaginensis and grahamii as grown the same thing? They should be separate species, but I'm not sure I've been convinced that what is circulating isn't all the same. Seed of Manihot carthaginensis is available again , but shouldn't be hardy; I'm hoping it is mislabelled grahamii!

I was lucky to get some Grahamii seed and cuttings from a private garden 8/9 months ago. A few months on i have several plants planted out and two in pots for " insurance". The best is this 4ft seed grown , now flowering ............

Having read this post I quite fancy one of these, although I suspect the cold summers here are not Ideal. The only supplier I can find is Treseders which is a bit of a round trip for me! Does any one know of an alternative source. The other option is seed from USA. Do they grow easily from seed.

Thanks Jas.

_________________Change the face of the UK, plant at least one palm a year. Jason

Yes. Easy to germinate. Very temperamental as seedlings and then easy again once they are established.

When Sunshine seeds have stock it is M.grahamii despite using the 'other name'.

Having waded through The Monograph I am now confident all the plants I have seen in the UK under either name are M.grahamii.

I'm using 'the American method' of cuttings. Any top growth that hasn't died back over winter can be used as hardwood cuttings in the Spring. I understand in colder parts of the USA they cut the plant to the ground in the autumn not expecting the stock to survive. The woody growth is overwintered as a bunch of sticks and kept frost free and planted as cuttings in the spring. With their much hotter summers they get descent 'annual' plants. I'm hoping the rootstock will continue to regrow next year as well [it did this year].

This seems to be a plant that likes the East of the UK and their hotter summers more than Cornwall. Here it was a bit pathetic outside; it is much happier in the polytunnel.